Kashima Antlers favourites for feisty fight facing Cerezo Osaka

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kashima Soccer Stadium (40728 seats)

Kashima Antlers and Cerezo Osaka are both riding high in the J-League with their 5th and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Kashima Antlers is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a J-League game only three days ago.

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Kashima Antlers form and stats

Overall J-League stats at home this season for Kashima Antlers are 8-4-4 (wins-draw-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Kashima after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Kashima are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A nice win for Kashima Antlers last time playing, versus Shimizu S-Pulse. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with A. Ueda (2) scoring for the victors. Before that, Kashima Antlers had a home game versus Urawa Reds which ended with a victory 4-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kashima handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, two draws and two defeats.

The Kashima Antlers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, Kashima have conceded 21 goals.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

10-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cerezo Osaka in their J-League matches away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Cerezo, as they have won on their previous two travels.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a J-League home defeat versus Sagan Tosu with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Kashiwa Reysol.

Late heartbreak for Cerezo in the Sagan Tosu match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.

Cerezo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of three matches.

Cerezo Osaka are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 16 away games so far. As opposed to that, Cerezo Osaka have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Kashima Antlers and Cerezo Osaka have met before this season: Cerezo Osaka - Kashima Antlers 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Kashima victories, zero draws and two Cerezo Osaka wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KashimaE. Stum
E. Stum
17 goals
Kashima AntlersA. Ueda
A. Ueda
10 goals
Cerezo OsakaB. Pereira Mendes
B. Pereira Mendes
9 goals

Kashima Antlers missing players

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kashima Antlers Cerezo Osaka
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
18 8 0 Won W 1 10 18
4 4 3 Drew D 0 1 5
11 4 1 Lost L 3 5 10
54 26 4 Scored S 4 25 45
43 21 6 Conceded C 9 23 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 67%
55% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 48%
36% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 38% 24%
18% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 9%
55% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 52%
18% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 36%
27% 19% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 12% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.4 0.7
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13 13.6 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 9.5 9.7
4.9 5.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 3.5
33% 30% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 45% 39%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Kashima Antlers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in J-League
  • Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kashima Antlers is in the best form (4-1-1)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kawasaki Frontale 33 25 5 3 85 29 17 15 1 1 48 15 16 10 4 2 37 14 56 80
2 Gamba Osaka 33 20 5 8 46 40 16 8 2 6 19 21 17 12 3 2 27 19 6 65
3 Nagoya Grampus 33 18 6 9 44 28 16 11 3 2 27 12 17 7 3 7 17 16 16 60
4 Cerezo Osaka 33 18 5 10 45 36 17 8 4 5 20 13 16 10 1 5 25 23 9 59
5 Kashima Antlers 33 18 4 11 54 43 16 8 4 4 26 21 17 10 0 7 28 22 11 58
6 Tokyo 33 16 6 11 46 42 16 9 0 7 22 22 17 7 6 4 24 20 4 54
7 Kashiwa Reysol 33 15 7 11 58 43 16 5 4 7 28 27 17 10 3 4 30 16 15 52
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 13 9 11 46 36 17 7 5 5 29 20 16 6 4 6 17 16 10 48
9 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 14 5 14 68 56 17 9 2 6 42 26 16 5 3 8 26 30 12 47
10 Urawa Reds 33 13 7 13 43 54 16 5 4 7 18 20 17 8 3 6 25 34 -11 46
11 Oita Trinita 33 11 9 13 34 43 17 5 5 7 12 19 16 6 4 6 22 24 -9 42
12 Vissel Kobe 33 9 9 15 50 58 17 4 5 8 25 30 16 5 4 7 25 28 -8 36
13 Consadole Sapporo 33 9 9 15 45 58 17 5 5 7 27 29 16 4 4 8 18 29 -13 36
14 Sagan Tosu 33 7 14 12 35 41 16 3 6 7 15 18 17 4 8 5 20 23 -6 35
15 Yokohama 33 8 6 19 35 59 16 5 2 9 19 31 17 3 4 10 16 28 -24 30
16 Vegalta Sendai 33 6 9 18 36 61 16 0 6 10 14 32 17 6 3 8 22 29 -25 27
17 Shonan Bellmare 33 6 8 19 29 48 17 4 4 9 12 19 16 2 4 10 17 29 -19 26
18 Shimizu S-Pulse 33 6 7 20 46 70 17 4 3 10 32 35 16 2 4 10 14 35 -24 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kawasaki Frontale 33 25 5 3 85 29 17 15 1 1 48 15 16 10 4 2 37 14 56 80
2 Gamba Osaka 33 20 5 8 46 40 16 8 2 6 19 21 17 12 3 2 27 19 6 65
3 Nagoya Grampus 33 18 6 9 44 28 16 11 3 2 27 12 17 7 3 7 17 16 16 60
4 Cerezo Osaka 33 18 5 10 45 36 17 8 4 5 20 13 16 10 1 5 25 23 9 59
5 Kashima Antlers 33 18 4 11 54 43 16 8 4 4 26 21 17 10 0 7 28 22 11 58
6 Tokyo 33 16 6 11 46 42 16 9 0 7 22 22 17 7 6 4 24 20 4 54
7 Kashiwa Reysol 33 15 7 11 58 43 16 5 4 7 28 27 17 10 3 4 30 16 15 52
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 13 9 11 46 36 17 7 5 5 29 20 16 6 4 6 17 16 10 48
9 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 14 5 14 68 56 17 9 2 6 42 26 16 5 3 8 26 30 12 47
10 Urawa Reds 33 13 7 13 43 54 16 5 4 7 18 20 17 8 3 6 25 34 -11 46
11 Oita Trinita 33 11 9 13 34 43 17 5 5 7 12 19 16 6 4 6 22 24 -9 42
12 Vissel Kobe 33 9 9 15 50 58 17 4 5 8 25 30 16 5 4 7 25 28 -8 36
13 Consadole Sapporo 33 9 9 15 45 58 17 5 5 7 27 29 16 4 4 8 18 29 -13 36
14 Sagan Tosu 33 7 14 12 35 41 16 3 6 7 15 18 17 4 8 5 20 23 -6 35
15 Yokohama 33 8 6 19 35 59 16 5 2 9 19 31 17 3 4 10 16 28 -24 30
16 Vegalta Sendai 33 6 9 18 36 61 16 0 6 10 14 32 17 6 3 8 22 29 -25 27
17 Shonan Bellmare 33 6 8 19 29 48 17 4 4 9 12 19 16 2 4 10 17 29 -19 26
18 Shimizu S-Pulse 33 6 7 20 46 70 17 4 3 10 32 35 16 2 4 10 14 35 -24 25

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